Guillaume boivin



(No Model.)

G. BOIVIN.

. BOOT 0R SHOElv No. 366,757. Patented lJuly-19, 1887.

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, 1UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE GUILLAUME BOIVIN, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC,CANADA.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,757, dated J'uly19, 1887.

(No model T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GUILLAUME BoivrN, a citizen of Canada, residing atMontreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a new andusel'ul In'iprovement in the Manufacture of Boots or Shoes, of which thefollowing isa specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part hereof.

In my Patent No. 521,182, dated June 30, 1885, I have shown a shoe and-described a scheme for cutting out uppers; and my present invention isan improvement upon the upper shown in that patent; and it consistsin anupper which may be cnt as described in that patent, except that there isa eut at or near the bottom ol' the front opening,and erosswise to thei'ront opening, as will now be l'ully described.

The upper herein described is inade of a single piece of stock, and theconsequence is that the upper bunches in crimping and renders the shoennshapcly, unless there is a eut crosswise to the front opening in theupper, as hereinafter described; and the purpose ot" my eut D is toprevent bunching ol" the leatherjust below the l'ront opening when theupper is crimped. By reason of this cnt D the superfluous leather, whichwould otherwise bunch up and make the finished shoe unsightly, is gotrid of either by the overlap, provided for in uppers shown in Figures l,2, and 4,01 by sccuring together the Yedges ot' the opening shown inFigs. l, 3, and 5.

In Fig. l, A represents an upper embodying my present invention. In thisupper B is the front opening, and D is a cut at the bottom of theopening B, and extending across it, and this cut D, in an upper of thiskind, is the essential feature of my present invention. AVhen the uppershown in Fig. l is crimped or shaped as in the linished shoe, thecorners marked l will overlap, underlap, or be aside the parts marked 2,and may be sewed, riveted, or otherwise secured together. In cer tainstyles of shoes it is an advantage to slightly elongate the i'rontopening, B, by a slit, b, as shown in Fig. 2; andin this case my cut Dis preferably at the junction ol' slit b and opening B.

Fig. 3 is the saine as Fig. 2, except my cut b is not a mere slit, as inFigs. l and 2, but an opening; or, expressed in other words, the parts 22 of Figs. 1 and 2 are cutout, and in this case the edges l and 3 aresecured together when the upper is shaped.

In Fig. et the front opening, B, is ol" a fancy shape, the ear-pieces bthus formed over lapping in the shaped upper, as will be readilyrunderstood without further description. The dotted line bt represents acut which, as will be clear, is essential in laced or bnttoned shoes,but not necessary in legboots.

My cut is shown in Figs. l toftasintersecting the opening B, and whilethis is preferable, yet itis not essential, as cut D may be below thelowest partofopening B,asshown in Fig. 5.

The opening in the upper showu in my l'ormer patent is l'prmed by twocuts, which, prolonged and curved outwardly, make two slits extendingaway from but not across the opening.

There are cert-ai n practical objections to that style of upper, all oi'which are removed by my eut D crosswisc to the opening B.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is rlhe improved upper A, made of onepiece of stock, having t'ront opening, B b, the cut D,crosswise to theopening B, and having the parts l l 3 3 secured together, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at'Montreal this 22d day of October, 1885.

GUILLAUME BOlVIN.

Vitnessos:

O. LAMBERT, P. ALEX BorvrN.

